We’ve been covering a lot of Google user interface tests but here is a look at a revamped Google Search desktop interface, including some of the tests we covered before. You see the new site link teststhe new people also ask testsfour rows of the Twitter carousel, related searches in three rows and more. This […]
Google told us that we should not expect another Core update in 2022, so you can relax about that. Google said the helpful content update would take longer to roll out; now, it is well over two weeks since it started. So now both the helpful content update and link spam update are rolling out, […]
Google’s John Mueller said on mastodon that the Google Search ranking algorithm does not look at words per section or the word count in different sections of your page. He said word count per section is not an SEO factor. John wrote, “FWIW there’s nothing in Google’s algorithms that focus on a certain number of […]
As you know, the December 2022 helpful content update and the link spam update are rolling out now. In fact, it seems like the helpful content update needs more time to do its thing. Taking a look at the past few weeks, the Google Search results, it has been pretty volatile. I wanted to share […]
Google will update its Google Advertising policies to disallow the promotion of content or engage in behavior that risks harm to Google users, Google employees, or the Google Ads ecosystem. If you do this, Google can restrict or block your ads or suspend your Google Ads account. This will go into effect on February 21, […]
Google’s Search Liason, Danny Sullivan, said that the Google December 2022 helpful content update would take longer to roll out than originally expected. The update started to roll out on December 5th and was expected to finish earlier this week. Google wrote on Twitter, “We are not” done yet rolling out the helpful content update. […]
Google announced in India yesterday that they are testing a search feature to allow you to search text within video. This isn’t a huge stretch from key moments but it is neat to see you being able to search the words spoken in a video. Google said in this announcement, “We’re piloting the ability to […]
Google seems to be rolling out a new “top products” report on the performance reports within Google Business Profiles. As you know, businesses can add products in numerous ways to their Google Business Profile local listing, and here is a new report to track the performance of those products in local search. This was spotted […]
Google’s John Mueller said that Google has no plans to release another core update in 2022. This was in response to a number of SEOs worrying that Google might release one by year’s end. John said on Twitter, “just to be clear, there’s no core update lined up for the rest of the year.” Here […]
Jessica Budde was next to be interviewed and she has an amazing personality. She co-hosts the Marketing O’Clock podcast, which I am a fan of. She works and will work forever with Greg Finn at Cypress North and she has a cool work history. She worked as an on-air personality for a bit and then […]